True... they learned little from their previous experience with 'civil war' (which was not a 'civil war' by definition - but oh well🤷) However, IIRC 60k lives were spent, families torn apart, some of the country left in tatters.
Now we are surrounded - and infiltrated - by foreign enemies who think there is much to be plundered and exploited. Can we as a Constitutional Republic survive such an internecine conflict❓
Prior to conflict, the do-nothing Whigs were supplanted by the Republican Party with a dynamic leader, Abe Lincoln. Had that not been true we would have remained a slave state a bit longer - but it's end was inevitable. How it would have been resolved is anyone's guess.
Odd how history is repeating itself. The inept, globally Marxist infiltrated Republicans are challenged by the 'MAGA' Party with a dynamic leader, Donald Trump. There can be little doubt that the existing power structure is ready to go to war against its 'citizens' to prevent MAGA from seizing their 'castle'❗ Will that happen❓
Who knows... It seems likely in some form. We who believe in liberty and self governance are not likely to settle for being globalist controlled serfs. Those with power and wealth are not likely to say, 'Oh, OK...' The Dems have consistently made it clear that they are throwing out the old 'republic' model, replacing it with a more fluid, more convenient 'practical' mechanism, one in which THEY declare in each case what is fair and what is inconvenient. 😬
The professor, and my advisor, Dr. Robert Gallman, was cited many times in the book. We got to meet Dr. Engerman when he visited that semester.
SpyNavy
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)